Gear Gallery……My Trusty Steed
Here’s my early 80’s Guerciotti (59 cm). I bought this as a junior in high school when I was into the idea of bike racing. Top riders in the Tour de France rode bikes like this. It’s still a wonderful bike and I use it for most many of my Friday excursions. It’s been modified from it’s original condition in the following ways: I’ve put wider, more comfortable tires on clincher rims (sew-ups originally), re-tapped the handlebars with hemp-twine and three coats of shellac, added a Brooks saddle, and attached a front rack. She’s relatively light, fast, and can hold extra clothes, food, a camera, or whatever in the old TA bag.
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Tags: bicycle gear, Bikes I own, Guerciotti
Very neat web / blog. How do you acquire the software to set up.
Nice graphics, copy, set up, etc.. Nice intro pic of you as well.
Raleigh, I use a platform called Wordpress. There’s two versions: wordpress.org is the more complicated version (which I use) that requires you to set up a hosting site, but allows limitless modifications and then there’s Wordpress.com, which is easier to set-up initially, but allows less customization.
Nathan,
I’m impressed by all the riding you’re able to do. What a great way to explore the area.
I too ride a fair bit – including commuting and the occasional organized randonneuring event. I am interested in the possiblity of a 650B bike in the future. The Ebisu you have is a beautiful machine. May I ask the size (ST, TT, saddle height). The reason is that I’m fairly tall and lanky. At a certain size, the 650B may be a great alternative to a 700c bike. Right now I’m on a 61 cm ST) and 58 cm (TT) 700c bike.
Thank you.
Ron
Ron, glad you like the Ebisu. She’d probably fit you well. I stand about 5′11”. The frame measurements appear identical to what you’re riding: TT 59cm (center-center); ST 61 cm (center-top); saddle height around 100cm (depending on the shoes I’m wearing).